Opening film | 11 Rebels by Kazuya Shiraishi |
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Closing film | Marcello Mio by Christophe Honoré |
Location | Tokyo, Japan |
Founded | 1985 |
Awards | Tokyo Grand Prix |
Hosted by | |
Artistic director | Koshino Junko |
No. of films | 110 |
Festival date | Opening: October 28, 2024 Closing: November 6, 2024 |
Website | 2024 TIFF |
The 37th Tokyo International Film Festival will take place from October 28 to November 6, 2024. From this edition, it will introduce a new Women's Empowerment section. This year the festival will showcase the works of director Yu Irie, a Japanese film director and screenwriter in its Nippon Cinema Now strand. [1] Hong Kong actor and singer Tony Leung will serve as jury president. [2]
The festival will open with Japanese film 11 Rebels by Kazuya Shiraishi, and close with Marcello Mio , a comedy film directed by French director and writer Christophe Honoré and starring French actresses Chiara Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve. [3]
The film registration for the festival began in April 2024 with the closing date for submission fixed for July 8, 2024. [4]
The official poster for the festival was created by fashion designer Koshino Junko, who has designed TIFF's visuals since 2021 and features Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi. She has also been appointed this year's festival navigator. She will "navigate" the audience at official events as the face of the festival. [5]
A new section 'Women's Empowerment' was introduced this year, which will highlight features made by female directors as well as female-focused films. Andrijana Cvetkovikj , a film director and former Macedonian ambassador to Japan will serve as the Women's Empowerment senior programmer and select seven new films to be showcased as the main feature. In addition, a symposium and special screening with talk session focusing on related themes will also be held. [6]
On 11 September 2024, opening and closing films of the festival were announced. [7] On 20 September Gala Selection and trailer with festival Song was unveiled. [8] The full lineup was announced on 25 September 2024, lining up 110 films for showcasing in the festival. [9]
The juries consists of the following members: [10] [11] [12]
The opening ceremony will take place at the Tokyo Takarazuka Theater, while the closing ceremony will be held at Toho Cinemas Hibiya. [5]
The following 8 venues will host the festival screenings. [5]
The festival from this year will consist of ten main sections. [13] [14]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) | |
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Opening film | ||||
11 Rebels | 十一人の賊軍 | Kazuya Shiraishi | Japan | |
Centerpiece Screening | ||||
Gladiator II | Ridley Scott | United States, United Kingdom | ||
Closing film | ||||
Marcello Mio | Christophe Honoré | France, Italy | ||
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Adios Amigo | Iván David Gaona | Colombia | |
Big World | Yang Lina | China | |
Bury Your Dead | Enterre Seus Mortos | Marco Dutra | Brazil |
Cadet | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Kazakhstan | |
Daughter's Daughter | 女兒的女兒 | Huang Xi | Taiwan |
The Englishman's Papers | Os Papéis do Inglês | Sérgio Graciano | Portugal |
In His Own Image | Thierry de Peretti | France | |
Lust in the Rain | 雨中的慾情 | Katayama Shinzo | Japan, Taiwan |
My Friend Andre | 我的朋友安德烈 | Dong Zijian | China |
Papa | 爸爸 | Philip Yung | Hong Kong |
Promise, I'll Be Fine | Katarína Gramatová | Slovakia, Czech | |
She Taught Me Serendipity | 今日の空が一番好き、とまだ言えない僕は | Akiko Ōku | Japan |
Teki Cometh | 敵 | Daihachi Yoshida | Japan |
Traffic | Teodora Ana Mihai | Romania, Belgium, Netherlands | |
The Unseen Sister | 乔妍的心事 | Midi Z | China |
The following films were selected to compete in the Asian Future section, which features films from Asian directors who have directed a maximum of three feature films.
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Apollon by Day Athena by Night | Emine Yildirim Gaona | Turkey | |
Black Ox | Tsuta Tetsuichiro | Japan, Taiwan, United States | |
The Bora | Mohammad Esmaeilie | Iran | |
Pavane for an Infant | 搖籃凡世 | Chong Keat Aun | Malaysia |
Sima's Song | Roya Sadat | Spain, Netherlands, France, Taiwan, Greece, Afghanistan | |
The Vessel's Isle | 不游海水的鲸 | Wang Di | United States |
Three Castrated Goats | 三个羯子 | Ye Xingyu | United States |
Missing Child Videotape | ミッシング・チャイルド・ビデオテープ | Kondo Ryota | Japan |
Valley of the Shadow of Death | 不赦之罪 | Jeffrey Lam Sen, Antonio Tam | Hong Kong |
Wait Until Spring | Ashkan Ashkani | Iran | |
The following films were selected to be screened as part of the Gala Selection.
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Black Dog | 狗阵 | Guan Hu | China |
Emmanuelle | Audrey Diwan | France | |
Lumière! The Adventure Continues | Thierry Frémaux | France | |
Nightbitch | Marielle Heller | United States | |
Orang Ikan | Mike Wiluan | Singapore, Indonesia, Japan United Kingdom | |
A Real Pain | Jesse Eisenberg | USA, Poland | |
Route 29 | Morii Yusuke | Japan | |
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope | 雪の花 –ともに在りて | Takashi Koizumi | Japan |
The Solitary Gourmet | 孤独のグルメ | Yutaka Matsushige | Japan |
Spirit World | Eric Khoo | France, Singapore, Japan | |
Sunset Sunrise | サンセット・サンライズ | Yoshiyuki Kishi | Japan |
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In | 九龍城寨之圍城 | Soi Cheang | Hong Kong |
White Bird | Marc Forster | United States | |
The following films were selected for the World Focus section, which focuses on international films.
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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8½ | Otto e mezzo | Federico Fellini | Italy, France |
Afternoons of Solitude | Tardes de soledad | Alberto Serra | Spain, France, Portugal |
Bogancloch | Ben Rivers | United Kingdom, Germany, Iceland | |
A Brighter Tomorrow | Il sol dell'avvenire | Nanni Moretti | Italy, France |
Bleak Street | La calle de la amargura | Arturo Ripstein | Spain, Mexico |
Chain Reactions | Alexandre O. Philippe | United States | |
Dahomey | Mati Diop | Benin, France, Senegal | |
Dear Diary | Caro diario | Nanni Moretti | Italy, France |
Deep Crimson | Profundo Carmesí | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico |
Direct Action | Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell | Germany, France | |
Pepe | Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias | Dominican Republic, Namibia, Germany, France | |
A River Without Tears | 怒江 | Liu Juan | China |
The following films were selected for Nippon Cinema Now, which will showcase the works of director Yu Irie, a Japanese film director and screenwriter. [17] [6]
Year | English Title | Original Title |
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2009 | 8000 Miles | SRサイタマノラッパー |
2010 | 8000 Miles 2: Girl Rappers | SRサイタマノラッパー |
2012 | Roadside Fugitive | SRサイタマノラッパー ロードサイドの逃亡者 |
2016 | The Sun (2016 film) | 太陽 |
2024 | A Girl Named Ann | あんのこと |
The following films were selected for the Animation section. [18]
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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A Few Moments of Cheers | 数分間のエールを | Popreq | Japan |
Flow | Gints Zilbalodis | Straume | Latvia, France, Belgium |
Ghost Cat Anzu | 化け猫あんずちゃん | Yōko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita | Japan, France |
The following films were selected for the Japanese Classics section.
Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) |
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1965 | Abashiri Prison | 網走番外地 | Teruo Ishii |
1954 | Godzilla | ゴジラ | Ishirō Honda |
1964 | Japanese Yakuza | 日本俠客伝 | Masahiro Makino |
The following films were selected for the Youth section.
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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She Sat There Like All Ordinary Ones | 开始的枪 | Qu Youjia | China |
The following television series were selected for the TIFF Series section.
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Scénarios & Exposé du film annonce du film "Scénario" | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Japan | |
The Dogs of Karma | Shiraishi Koji | Japan | |
The New Years | Los años nuevos | Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Sandra Romero, David Martín de los Santos | Spain |
The following films were screened as a part of new section introduced this year selected by Andrijana Cvetkovikj , a film director and former Macedonian ambassador to Japan. [6] [19]
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Adabana | Kai Sayaka | Japan, France | |
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon | ドクターX〜外科医・大門未知子〜 | Tamura Naoki | Japan |
In Ten Seconds | On Saniye | Ceylan Özgün Özçelik | Turkey |
Ivo | Eva Trobisch | Germany | |
Maydegol | Sarvnaz Alambeigi | France, Germany, Iran | |
Memories of a Burning Body | Memorias de un cuerpo que arde | Antonella Sudasassi Furniss | Costa Rica, Spain |
Montages of a Modern Motherhood | 虎毒不 | Oliver Chan | Hong Kong |
My Favourite Cake | کیک محبوب من | Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moqadam | Iran, France, Sweden, Germany |
A special screening of six works of Searchlight Pictures to celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2024 will be screened. [20]
Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
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2006 | Little Miss Sunshine | Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris | United States | |
2009 | 500 Days of Summer | Marc Webb | ||
2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Wes Anderson | ||
2017 | The Shape of Water | Guillermo del Toro | ||
2018 | Isle of Dogs | Wes Anderson | United States, Germany | |
2019 | Jojo Rabbit | Taika Waititi | United States, New Zealand, Czech Republic | |
The following films were screened as a part of a section consisting of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa favorite films.
Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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1960 | Breathless | À bout de souffle | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
1940 | The Great Dictator | Charlie Chaplin | United States | |
1983 | Nostalghia | Andrei Tarkovsky | Soviet Union Italy | |
1954 | Seven Samurai | 七人の侍 | Kurosawa Akira | Japan |
1985 | The Time to Live and the Time to Die | 童年往事 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
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A Tapestry of a Legendary Land | 只此青绿 | Zhou Liya, Han Zhen | China |
The Devil's Deal | 대외비 | Lee Won-tae | South Korea |
Sidonie in Japan | Sidonie au Japon | Élise Girard | France |
Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Ruben Fleischer | United States | |
Source: [21]
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